ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

Eye Care Leaders detailed the accreditation survey deficiencies most common for ASCs, and what centers can do after a survey to correct mistakes.

The Joint Commission awarded Atlanta-based Polaris Spine & Neurosurgery Center its Gold Seal of Approval for Ambulatory Health Care Accreditation after an unannounced onsite survey.

The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care launched an Advanced Orthopaedic Certification program for ASCs seeking recognition in total joint and spine procedures.

The Joint Commission released revised scoring for ambulatory healthcare organizations in the areas of high level disinfection and sterilization.

A new article in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety explains how The New York State Anticoagulation Coalition developed a list of requisite data elements to manage the use of anticoagulants of patients in a new care…

The Joint Commission appointed Robert Campbell, PharmD, and Linda Seager, RN, as co-directors of the standards interpretation group.

New Albany, Ind.-based Kleinert Kutz Surgery Center achieved accreditation from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care. 

Here are four outpatient centers that achieved accreditation or reaccreditation:

The Joint Commission released the 2019 national patient safety goals for ambulatory healthcare.

The Joint Commission and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality outlined three ways ASCs can make surgery safer.